Speaking
in Wisconsin last week, President George W. Bush declared that the
United States is at war with "Islamic fascists who will use any means
to destroy those of us who love freedom."

That
Islamic nations are a threat to Western civilization is long
established. Islam has always been a violent faith system. Since the
inception of Islam, "infidels" (translated: anyone outside the Islamic
faith, especially Christians and Jews) have been targeted for death and
destruction. In this regard, nothing has changed during the past 1,500
years.

American
patriots, especially Christian patriots, need to take a step back from
their criticisms of President Bush long enough to recognize the very
real and serious threat that Islamic nations pose to the United States.
It is also a fact that if Islamic leaders have their way, Israel will
be obliterated from the face of the earth! That is a reality that
cannot be explained away!

That
said, it is incumbent upon all of us to remember that it is
internationalists in Europe and America that are largely responsible
for the tensions that envelop not only the Middle East, but also the
entire planet! Let's be blunt: the international elite use conflict in
the Middle East (and elsewhere) to keep the cauldron of global tumult
boiling! Violence and fear serve the interests of internationalists
very well! And it is at this point that I find President Bush's remarks
disingenuous.

How can
President Bush refer to himself and the rest of his administration as
lovers of freedom when they have done much to restrict and collapse
freedom within the United States? It makes one wonder what Bush's
definition of "freedom" really is!

At the
end of the day, what difference does it make who takes our freedom
away? Would anyone want to argue who was the worse tyrant, Hitler or
Stalin? Was fascist Germany better or worse than socialist Russia? Does
anyone truly want to argue the nuances as to whose fascism is worse?

You
see, the Islamic governments of the Middle East are supplied by Russia
and China. And who, pray tell, supplies Russia and China? The
governments of the United States and Great Britain.

In an
attempt to create a global economy, international bankers and
commercial moguls have supplied eastern powers with the tools and
wealth necessary to augment a host of rogue regimes-regimes that are
violently hostile to the United States. Remember, too, that the U.S.
and Great Britain have opened the welcome mat to all forms of foreign
investment and immigration to the point that it is doubtful that our
two countries truly have much authority to direct either our financial
or our military affairs!

Does
anyone really believe that the United States is not capable of
protecting itself from virtually any threat without surrendering our
constitutional liberties? Only gullible and gutless people would
respond in the affirmative!

Yet,
our leaders in Washington, D.C., insist on keeping our borders open and
unprotected. They refuse to halt the influx of Middle Eastern Muslims.
They continue to promote so-called "free trade" deals with third world
countries. They push forward with attempts to merge independent nations
into regional, hemispheric entities.

All of
the above accomplishes only three things: 1) it guarantees persistent
and continual conflict, 2) it creates ever-increasing encroachments
upon our liberty, and 3) it facilitates the transfer of independent
nationhood to international governance. And that, my friends, is the
intended goal!

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Should
we recognize and deal with the threat of "Islamic fascists"? Yes, of
course. (The problem is, we are NOT truly dealing with it at all!) At
the same time, we should also deal with the fascist tendencies of our
own political and commercial leaders. Anyone who insists that Americans
give up their liberty in the name of security is guilty of the same
evil he purports to protect us from! In other words, fascism by any
other name is just as dangerous!

Chuck Baldwin is
Founder-Pastor of
Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. In 1985 the church was
recognized by President Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and
influence.

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Yet,
our leaders in Washington, D.C., insist on keeping our borders open and
unprotected. They refuse to halt the influx of Middle Eastern Muslims.
They continue to promote so-called "free trade" deals with third world
countries.